33 Senate races will be decided in 2012. Many, perhaps most, will not be close. However, quite a few probably will be close. One that may be close is the senate race in Connecticut, where Chris Murphy faces Linda McMahon. Connecticut politics In elections for President, Connecticut has been solidly Democratic. Obama beat McCain 61-38. ...
November 2008, we will vote for the next president of the United States. Will Al Gore be 2008 president? Yes, I know he isn’t in the running. Yet! I remember in 2000 I cast my vote for AL Gore. My family and I were watching CBS. It was announced Al Gore was the next president ...
On Tuesday August 25, 2009 the world learns that U.S. Democratic Senator, Ted Kennedy, dies of brain cancer. Ted Kennedy began his political career during November of 1962. He has had his moments in the sun and his moments in the clouds, as the second most senior of the Senate had little to say, unless ...
This morning, Chicago’s public school teachers will once again take to the streets to protest an average annual salary of $76,000. In California, public employee unions are upset with relatively minor changes to the state’s public employee pension system signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown. But, another labor dispute is far more deserving of ...
The environment has always been of high concern to everyone. It is no wonder than many of agencies then are concerned about the stability of the environment, and having their say in the regulations that are enforced. Environmental policy is maintained consistently by an iron triangle involving three main aspects. First, the three sides of ...
The Hicksville Community Council hosted a “Meet the Candidates” forum Dec. 1 to give the two candidates running for Hicksville Water Commissioner, and four men making a push for the Fire Commissioner position, a chance to introduce themselves to the community. William Schuckmann is running against Warren Uss for Hicksville Water Commissioner. Schuckmann, a 37-year ...
In keeping with the definition of command economy a force outside of the market, government, must dictate the final outcome of all production. Most recently the examples of the former Soviet Union and its satellite nations and China serve as prime examples of a command economy. Some of the characteristics of a command economy are: ...
The purpose of the Homeland Security Presidential Decision Directive 5 is to provide organizational and planning protocols that all levels of emergency management need in order to work as a comprehensive national incident management system. (Office of the Press Secretary, 2003). These protocols, furthermore, are established to identify responsibilities and to establish time lines for ...
Introduction In the election of public officials, such as the presidential candidacy, people sometimes twist the facts in an attempt to mislead the public. Information can be distorted, manipulated, and/or omitted. This display of moral character can be related to the virtue ethical theory. The actions of the candidate(s) in these situations are unethical based ...
The system of government is a large and very significant topic that is being discussed among politicians and people. We all know that the systems of government can be classified in two big categories: the democratic systems of government and the non-democratic systems of government. The democratic systems of government are first of all based ...
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